Well, let's put it this way about the Eagles/Cowboys game. Our local classic rock station announced that it won't be running any Eagles songs all weekend long, and the other ClearChannel mullethead station, KEGL, has changed its nickname from "The Eagle" to "The Bird" for the moment. When it's a tough game against Philadelphia, one of our Safeway-owned grocery store chains pulls all of the Philadelphia cream cheese, and when we're up against San Francisco, the San Francisco Rose restaurant covers up the sign over the door.

Now, I'm not particularly upset by these marketing schemes pretending to be game superstitions, especially since anyone listening to "The Bird" will be getting just that. I just wonder if Jerry Jones might stop trying to figure out ways to screw the team's once-dedicated fans with nickel-and-dime schemes, hire some players who aren't crackheads and/or debutantes, and actually produce a team that wins on a consistent basis. And while I'm wishing for that, I'd also like my own pet dinosaur.